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Our Lefty Military
As we look for a model of liberal values, such as investing in people and guaranteeing them health care, how about turning to the United States military?
That has a different name: Paternalism
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Anthony D. Weiner Plans to Resign
Representative Anthony D. Weiner plans to resign his seat after revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women. His announcement is expected to take place in Brooklyn at 2 p.m.
He is gone. The distraction lingers on. -
As Cloud Computing Takes Hold, Data Caps Are Sure to Follow
The tech world seems to move in spurts and spasms, and right now we’re in the middle of the “cloud” wave.
For phones there will not be hard caps, just high rates. for other places there is Fios. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS )
The backbone is big enough. The wireless links are the limit along with the billing opportunity. -
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Experts Fear Looted Libyan Arms May Land in Terrorist Hands
“Experts Fear Looted Libyan Arms May Land in Terrorist Hands - http://nyti.ms/h1OLfW”It is a certainty that they will go to the highest bidder.
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Chromebook From Samsung Has Its Head in the Cloud
Google’s Chromebook concept for laptops is built on the assumption that you can get online almost anywhere.
I wish it were true that things worked this way.
Pogue notes that they do not. I find that I agree with him.
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New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary’s Papers
The archive of the drug guru Timothy Leary includes accounts of Allen Ginsburg’s and Jack Kerouac’s experiments with psilocybin.
Someone or thing will have to make sense of that period. This trove may help. I am glad to have survived it. -
Twitter and Facebook Are Backbone of Saudi Dissent
Virtually any issue that contradicts official Saudi policy now pops up online, including more than 30,000 comments about a female driver’s arrest.
I am surprised at how urban Saudi is. The high speed net independent of state control is a growing threat.
Our state department will get yelled at but not by me.
The Saudis have bought peace for oil. If that relation ends, the world price will pop. -
Summer in the Rockaways
The Rockaways in Queens have become a beach hangout for young, artsy New Yorkers.
It is a long trip.
Young, artsy New Yorkers are not a group I choose to hang with. -
Facebook Readies an iPad App, Finally
Facebook had its application for the iPhone ready right when the Apple App Store opened in July 2008. But more than a year after the iPad went on sale, there is still no official Facebook app for it.
Dominance games. -
Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic
Intelligence officials dispute the account of a former C.I.A. official who says he was pressed to find personal information to discredit a critic of the Iraq war.
The assumption of evil in the political opposition is an easy error.
When they go out of their way to prove it other names apply.
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Computer Science's 'Sputnik Moment'? - Room for Debate
Will the influx of students into the field last, and can it raise American educational achievement along the way?
I really doubt it.
The sputnick moment I remember was driven by panic among the powers and had the backing of congress and the president. Technology was suddenly respectable because intercontinental ballistic missiles existed and mutual assured destruction was fifteen minutes away.
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Meatless Mondays Catch On in Aspen
More than any other city in America, Aspen has embraced a nationwide pro-veggie effort aimed at persuading people to go meatless at least one day a week.
Meatless is really just a good idea. I do see how it could be a hard sell in a restaurant. -
Abercrombie, Gap and Other Chains Try Again in Europe
The expansion of chains like Abercrombie and Gap to Europe is based on a major shift in how young Europeans think about American fashion.
Daily wear is presold by entertainment. Selling into that market is easy. The current phrase is"low hanging fruit". -
In Homework Revolt, More Schools Districts Cutting Back
Schools are responding to concerns that high-stakes testing and competition for college have fueled a grind that does little to raise achievement.
Young Children learn everything they are exposed to.
A bit later they begin to put it together into knowledge.
In that process great blocks become inaccessible.
The early grades have two great tasks.
First to extend that uncritical learning and
second to structure the organization of facts so that the blocked information is minimized.
Reading and arithmetic are included in that as are concepts in science, music and mathematics. -
Scrapped Alabama Reactor Attempts a Nuclear Comeback
The Tennessee Valley Authority says a half-built nuclear plant shelved 23 years ago may be its best bet for new energy.
I would rather not try to depend on the wind. Natural gas is no better than coal. Nuclear really is better on carbon emissions. The waste we can deal with. -
Therapists Who Help People Stay In the Closet
Should therapists help God-fearing gay people stay in the closet?
It is not their god they fear but the sect that they embraced in ignorance.
I still can't give an answer to the question as asked. The gay should not fight their nature. Should they hide it is another question.
There are good reasons to hide it. The real injury to others is a reason not to hide it. -
‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’ - Review
“Page One,” a documentary about The New York Times is fixated on one particular reporter.
With six producers it is a wonder that it made it to the screen.
A newspaper is its executive editor as a movie is its producer. Each makes the decisions that control the product. -
Medicaid Benefits Dropping for Millions of Patients
More than $90 billion in federal largess will run out at the end of June, and benefits are being cut for millions of people.
No legislation is moving through the congress. This writer might make a note of that. -
Vancouver Fans Light Fires and Break Windows After Game 7 Loss
Cars were set on fire and beer bottles were thrown as Vancouver fans rioted after Game 7 the Stanley Cup finals.
An unhappy mob. Getting toward evil. -
Alice Walton on Her Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
As the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art prepares for its November opening in Bentonville, Ark., its creator, the Wal-Mart heiress Alice L. Walton, discusses her motivations and goals.
Propaganda, nationalism and patriotism, all are aspects of advertising.
Advertising makes a very poor excuse for art.
That could be what bothers me about so much of church art.
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